The Applicant’s Guide for the 2011-2012 edition of the Aid to Publishers portion of the Canada Periodical Fund is now online, with exactly six weeks to the deadline.

Aid to Publishers is the largest of the three parts of the Canada Periodical Fund, which was launched last year to replace the Publications Asistance Program and Canada Magazine Fund. The other two are the Business Innovation section, which funds projects to eligible small and mid-sized printed magazine and digital periodical publishers and Collective Initiatives, which funds projects for organizations designed to increase the overall sustainability of the Canadian magazine and non-daily newspaper industries, according to the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Publishers of paid or verified request circulation magazines must have their hard copy Aid to Publishers applications sent by November 24, 2010. In 2010, 484 titles received a total of $52.7 million under the grant program.

Click here to download the application form for the 2011-2012 Aid to Publishers portion of the Canada Periodical Fund.